It seems the convenient new technology that we use regularly provides a nuisance in most situations. I have been bothered by cell phone use on numerous occasions and have also witnessed others imposing upon those they are with due to cell phones. When I was younger, I worked at a local retail store. Often times, as I was in the middle of a simple conversation with a customer that I was checking out, we would be interuppted by their cell phone. There are so many people that do not have any etiquette when it comes to using your cell phones in these circumstances. Mid-sentence they would simply disregard everything around them and start a phone conversation the moment it rings.
This same dependency is apparent with call waiting. There are times where I think the use of call waiting is not rude, but there are definitely times that I think it is. For example, one of my girlfirends once called me and was venting emotinoally about something she had recently gone through. I listened to her for over an hour describe everything she was feeling and everything she had done. As I started to respond to her situation, she then interrupted and placed me on hold to answer another call coming in.
It is important for people to be aware of proper etiquette when it comes to cell phone use, pagers and call waiting.
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etiquette is very important these days, and with technology increasing day by day, it's hard to limit yourself to what is rude and whats not. With you example of on of your friends calling and venting, it wasn't fair for her to switch over to answer the other line, after spending so much time consoling her and listening to her and trying to make her feel better, you feel like you were there for nothing, I have felt this way before, it wasn't fair to you and makes you feel like you just wasted a lot of time. There is a time and place for interupting, but if you are in a deep conversation, just let them leave a message and you can always call them back!
ReplyDeleteHello Mind of Movement! It has been said that most people agree that talking on cell phones in a public place is rude, yet most people have done it. Why do you think that is? What compels the general population to deem something as rude, yet partake in that behavior?
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